Quotes About Purpose

Now I shall be of some use in the world, as every one ought to be; it is the only way to be happy.

To be of use to the world is the only way to be happy.

E che cosa ce ne faremo della ricchezza? La posso mangiare? Dormirò meglio quando sarò ricco? Non andrò forse più in fabbrica, e che cosa farò tutto il giorno? No, Borkhausen, io non voglio diventare ricco e in questo modo, poi, certamente no. Una simile ricchezza non vale neanche un morto.

les fins de l'homme sont domiciliées dans la nature.

Det havde altid været et mål at få pension. Det var blevet sagt allerede ved hans vugge, at han skulle være noget, der gav ret til pension, når han blev 65. Pensuionen havde så at sige været formålet med hans liv.

Hans Selye, the pioneer in the understanding of human stress, was often asked the following question: "What is the most stressful condition a person can face?" His unexpected response: "Not having something to BELIEVE in.

To make a great dream come true, you must first have a great dream.

What you are is God's gift to you, what you become is your gift to God.

What you are is God's gift to you, what you become is your gift to God.

What you are is god's gift to you, What you make of yourself is your gift to god

which are plainly adapted to that end

I have always been taught… that every man is divinely called to his work, if that work is for the good of all men. His faithfulness or unfaithfulness to the call is revealed in the motives that prompt him to choose his field.

Until you become yourself," Bloom avers, "what benefit can you be to others.

If you don't wake up at three in the morning and want to do something, you're wasting your time.

No one starts a war—or rather, no one in his senses ought to do so—without first being clear in his mind what he intends to achieve by that war and how he intends to conduct it.

Men are not flattered by being shown that there has been a difference of purpose between the Almighty and them. To deny it, however, in this case, is to deny that there is a God governing the world. Abraham Lincoln

We need to know not only what is done but what is purposed and said by those who shape the destines of states and realms." Horace Greeley

James Gordon Bennett said he aimed to be, "serious in my aims but full of frolic in my means.

Saya percaya bahwa orang bukannya takut mati. Mereka takut sesuatu yang lain. Sesuatu yang lebih menggelisahkan dan lebih tragis daripada maut itu sendiri. Kita takut tidak pernah hidup, menjelang akhir hayat kita dengan perasaan bahwa kita tidak pernah benar-benar hidup. Bahwa kita tidak pernah memahami, untuk apa kehidupan kita itu.

In our explorations of Ecclesiastes and of our own lives, we have identified three things: Belong to people Accept pain as part of your life Know that you have made a difference

I am convinced that it is not the fear of death, of our lives ending that haunts our sleep so much as the fear... that as far as the world is concerned, we might as well never have lived.

A nontheological faith cannot explain itself, but a too theological faith loses contact with the reason for its existence.

I get to hang out with people I think are awesome, and do work I think is awesome. It's really cool.

I never work just to work. It's some combination of laziness and self-respect.